Defeat this Victorian Lunch Tax! The Saskatchewan Party’s latest attack is to levy a charge of $100 per elementary school child to supervise them during lunch time. Yes, you read that correctly; charge not for the food but to supervise children. And what happens if the parent can’t afford it? Dustin Duncan, the Sask Party’s […]
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Ryan Hartson is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Working people and queer people in Illinois’ second largest city won a clear victory against law and order politics and policing last week. In mid-May, the organization behind Aurora, Illinois’s Pride march, Aurora Pride, made the decision to ban uniformed police from marching in […]
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A joke currently doing the rounds: “Definition of a fossil fool — A politician who spends $9.1 billion on an emission reduction plan while spending twice as much to expand a tar sands pipeline.” No prize for identifying the fool in question. The foolishness is underlined by the recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on […]
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David Elliott is a member of ISA Australia. The election brought a shock to the two-party system in Australia, but one that has been coming for a long time. 1 in 3 voters rejected the major parties as their first preference, the highest proportion in history, up from 1 in 4 at the previous election. […]
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Erin Brightwell and Emily McArthur are members of Socialist Alternative in the US. The leaked draft Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade raises urgent and critical questions for the women’s movement, the union movement, the broader left, and anyone who has a stake in reproductive rights. Is it possible to turn back […]
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On May 20, Stuart Kirk, Global Head of Responsible Investments for the mega-bank HSBC (2021 assets $2.9 trillion, 2021 profits $12.6 billion), gave a speech at a Financial Times (ahem) “Moral Money” conference. The talk was titled “Why investors need not worry about climate risk.” Mr. Kirk, whose job with the bank “involves considering the […]
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Steph Lacey is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). Watching the Depp / Heard trial play out in court, and the online reaction, will have a troubling impact on all victims of intimate partner violence, of all genders. This is a trial about domestic violence, and it is being used as entertainment, […]
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Per Olsson is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). Policy coup for capitalist and imperialist interests In an undemocratic, coup-like manner and with the help of a cynical “shock doctrine,” Sweden is to join NATO, a military alliance formed and led by US imperialism. This weekend it became formally clear that the leadership […]
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Walter Chambers is a member of International Socialist Alternative. The war in Ukraine has turned into a war of brutal attrition. Only workers’ solidarity can end it. The Kremlin was hoping for a double celebration on May 9: to mark the Soviet Union’s victory in WW2, and the jubilant return of troops after a short […]
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Gas prices have soared around the world, adding to inflation that is hitting workers’ living standards. Vancouver, like its overinflated housing market, has Canada’s highest gas prices. The price of gas in Vancouver rose from $1.60 a litre in December 2021 to $2 a litre in March and over $2.30 in May. In most of […]
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